Jaime Kaplan Explained

Jaime Kaplan
Birth Date:1 October 1961
Careerprizemoney:$47,256
Highestsinglesranking:No. 308 (March 14, 1988)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 91 (July 20, 1987)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1988)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1985, 1986)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (1987)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (1987, 1988)
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (1987)

Jaime Kaplan (born October 1, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]

Biography

Kaplan grew up in Macon, Georgia and remained unbeaten throughout her high school tennis career at Stratford Academy. She started her collegiate career at the University of Georgia, where she won the SEC doubles title in 1981, then played for Florida State University and was their first tennis player to qualify for the NCAA Championships. While at Florida State she was the Metro Conference singles champion in 1983 and also won two Metro doubles titles.[2]

For the remainder of the 1980s, Kaplan competed on the professional tour and featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments as a doubles player. Her best performance came at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, where she made the round of 16 in the mixed doubles.[3] She had a best doubles ranking of 91 in the world.

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.June 18, 1983Flemington, United StatesHard Lee McGuire Gigi Fernández
Jane Forman
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up1.August 22, 1983Bronx, United StatesHard Lee McGuire Kathleen Cummings
Robin White
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up2.October 9, 1983Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Deeann Hansel Lisa Dodson
Lani Wilcox
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.January 9, 1984San Antonio, United StatesHard Carol Christian Elena Eliseenko
Svetlana Parkhomenko
1–6, 1–6
Winner2.January 16, 1984Delray Beach, United StatesHard Svetlana Parkhomenko Carol Christian
Jamie Golder
6–3, 6–1
Winner3.October 28, 1984Saga, JapanHard Carol Watson Kris Kinney
Donna Rubin
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up4.November 4, 1984Matsuyama, JapanHard Carol Watson Kris Kinney
Donna Rubin
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner4.November 12, 1984Kuroshio, JapanHard Carol Watson Li Xinyi
Zhong Ni
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up5.November 25, 1984Kōfu, JapanHard Carol Watson Kris Kinney
Donna Rubin
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up6.January 14, 1985Delray Beach, United StatesHard Diane Farrell Elizabeth Ekblom
Marianne van der Torre
3–6, 5–7
Winner 5.July 15, 1985Landskrona, SwedenClay Jill Hetherington Louise Field
Janine Thompson
7–5, 6–2
Winner6.January 25, 1987San Antonio, United StatesHard Jennifer Goodling Heather Crowe
Kim Steinmetz
6–4, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. News: She was a tennis ace. Now she's a grand marshal . macon.com . February 21, 2017.
  2. News: Allen . Montezz . Jaime Kaplan to be inducted in Southern Tennis Hall of Fame . 41NBC News . January 17, 2020.
  3. News: Local tennis icon Jaime Kaplan now fighting new foe: leukemia . macon.com . May 3, 2010.